''Love Education'' is a 2017 Chinese-Taiwanese

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film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang. It stars Chang,

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, Lang Yueting, Song Ningfeng, and

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. It focuses on three generations of women in

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. The film received critical acclaim, with many praising the screenplay and direction, as well as the performances of Wu, Tian, and Chang.

Plot

Love Education is a story of family and love, involving three women of different ages. Weiwei, nearly 30, has reached the age where she is able to marry. Her love life is in danger of her past, with her work causing troubles with her mother, Huiying, unable to understand it fully. Huiying is a middle-aged teacher who is about to retire, and takes on all arrangements after her mother's death, as she and her husband, Xiaoping, depend on each other but the couple suffer from emotional miscommunication. Nana, the 90-year-old grandma who has lived alone for decades, finds her life interrupted Huiying's sudden visit, and brings up the history of a bittersweet love affair. Through the three generations of women who share different views on life and love, they must find a way to connect as they meet together.

Cast

* Sylvia Chang as Qiu Huiying *

as Yin Xiaoping * Lang Yueting as Weiwei *

as Nana * Song Ning as A-da * Geng Le as Lu Mingwei *

Sitar Tan Tan Weiwei (; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of '' Super Girl'' (), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated ''I Am a Singer'' (se ...

as Zhu Yin *

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Production

The city and rural scenes were filmed in Zhengzhou and

Luoyang Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang ...

, respectively.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{Sylvia Chang 2017 films 2017 drama films Chinese drama films Taiwanese drama films Films directed by Sylvia Chang Films set in Henan Films shot in Henan 2010s Mandarin-language films